You May Also Like / View all maxioms
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
How well I feathered by nest.
How well I feathered by nest.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
The first blow is as much as two.
The first blow is as much as two.
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
